the elderly woman pulled from the rubble alive, but a refugee crisis room by the hundreds of thousands the people of haiti are on the move. i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report." they have nothing left. and many just looking to get out of town. tonight, inside the monumental relocation efforts. where can all these people go? and he says he murdered abortion doctor george tiller to save unborn babies. >> walk over and put a gun right up to george's head and shot it. >> shepard: tonight, the controversial trial begins. and this trial comes on a day filled with symbolism. it was exactly 37 years ago today that the supreme court of the united states decided the

case of roe vs. wade. the case that legalized abortion in america and set up decades of bitter battles between pro choice and pro life. today, in a kansas courthouse, that battle and those strong sentiments were again front and center and, if defendant scott roeder has his way, abortion itself will be on trial when the testimony begins. still, the judge says this trial is not about that debate at all. he says this is about murder and one that scott recorder has roeder already confessed he did commit may 31st, 2009, at a church with dr. tiller was serving as an usher. >> i was talking with dr. tiller and making kind of small talk when i noticed the door -- that door that would be on the left there open up and the gentleman entered. >> witnesses say that man walked right up to dr. george tiller and pulled the gun. >> i saw a flash and i heard a

popping that, to me, sounded like a balloon popping, then i saw dr. tiller just fall flat on his back. i saw an assailant. i saw with his hand out and still had the gun in his hand. >> shepard: as the killer escaped, a witness called 911. >> somebody shot someone. dr. tiller. dr. george tiller was just shot. >> some folks performed first aid on dr. tiller. >> shepard: but it was too late. dr. tiller had long been a polarizing figure because of the late term abortions he performed at his wichita clinic. >> george tiller was a mass murderer. he killed tens of thousands of innocent human beings at his own hand. >> shepard: in 1986, a pipe bomb blew up at tiller's clinic, more than 70 grand in damage. no injuries and no arrests. in 193 a woman shot tiller in both of his arms as he drove out of the lot.

but he returned to work. >> he knew full well what was at stake but he thought the fight was worth it. >> critics went after him in court. juries either refused to indict or just acquitted him. >> we, the jury, unanimously find the defendant not guilty of illegal abortion as alleged in count 1. >> shepard: and dr. tiller kept working until 51-year-old scott roeder shot him dead. roeder confessed to the crime in a jail house interview with the associated press. >> obviously if i'm going to come out with this defense that would have to be the case. >> shepard: roeder said he did it to protect unborn children. >> i think he thinks he is right and that he was justified in doing what he done. >> shepard: roeder himself left little doubt about that. >> no. i don't have any regret. >> shepard: no regret, even though that act could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. because roeder says if his actions get even one woman to reconsider having an abortion, it was worth it to him.

alease i -- alicia acuna watchig the trial. >> today there was a lot of struggle over the term abortion which the judge has said this is not what this trial is about. if the witness opens the door, it can be explored. and the defense did everything it could to make that happen. listen to the exchange today between defense attorney mark rudy and dr. paul riding, a prosecution witness. now, the attorney tried repeatedly to talk to dr. riding about him being a member of tiller's congregation and asked him why a lot of people didn't like his church. on the judge's order, we are not showing his face. >> people didn't have a problem. >> what kind of problem did they have, sir? >> they don't like us. >> why don't they like you? >> that's the problem. not mine. >> sir, you are under oath. do you have any idea why they don't like you? >> i don't know what you are wanting me to say. >> all i want is the truth, sir. >> the prosecution repeatedly objected during his

cross-examination. the judge finally put a stop to it all and called both teams to his bench. shep? >> shepard: let's talk kansas law. what does it actually say about roeder's argument that he did this to protect unborn babies? >> yes. he is probably going for a voluntary manslaughter defense. under kansas law, that will only fly if he can prove that he had an unreasonable, but honest belief that deadly force was necessary to prevent the death of another. however, also under the law are parameters about timing. meaning that the threat had to be imminent. and dr. tiller was shot dead on a sunday in his church, not at the abortion clinic where he performed abortions, shep? >> shepard: alicia acuna at the courthouse outside the courthouse in wichita. thank you. a dramatic development overseas as the government great britain raised that country's terror level to the second highest level from the third. now, leaders say there is no imminent terror threat against the united kingdom but an attack is, quote, highly likely. great britain has five threat

levels. it's now on severe as they call it. it had been the middle level, substantial, since last summer. earlier this week, great britain suspended direct flights to yemen's capital in response to the growing threat from al qaeda militants in that country. now a spokeswoman for the department of homeland security tells fox the united kingdom is essentially raising its security levels to match those of the united states. well, by most accounts, it's been a pretty bad week for president obama even as he marked one year in office. his party lost a key senate race in massachusetts. that threw his health care reform efforts into serious jeopardy. and now the president is refowsing his attention on the economy. but there are reports of a rift between the treasury secretary and him and his nomination of ben bernanke to a second term as the fed chairman is hitting increasing resistance on capitol hill. so, today, the president took his economic message to northern ohio. the cleveland area where steel mills sit empty, where jobs are

disappeared. the president touring a factory that had to lay off almost half of its workers over the past year. president obama also holding a town hall meeting and addressing head on this week's political developments. >> -- massachusetts election, people in washington were all in a tizzy. what does it mean for obama? is he weakened? oh, how is he going to survive this? i want you to understand, this is not about me. [ applause ] this is not about me. this is about you. >> shepard: about the voters. that was the term for the day. the president taking a populous tone you may haves inned. something experts say is very politically popular right now. he called on lawmakers to pass a jobs bill with tax breaks and he attacked both washington and wall street. for its part wall street clearly doesn't like the uncertainty over the administration's plan as you can see stocks have taken a big hit over the past three days. the dow's worst week since march

under water for the year. all the major indices today were down more than 2%. the dow down more than 200. nasdaq 60. and the s&p 25. wendell goler is live at the white house tonight. the president's message is changing. >> well, it's as much tone as it is message, shepard. the president finding unpopular targets like big banks and insurance companies and lobbyists and telling people he is fighting against them and fighting for things like educational opportunity, equal pay for equal work and in the context of the current recession most importantly, fighting for jobs. >> as long as i have the privilege of serving as your president, i will not stop fighting for you. i will take my lumps. [ applause ] >> but i won't stop fighting to bring back jobs here. >> ironically the president was promising to bring jobs back to elyria, ohio. the last time he was there the drywall plant he spoke at has since closed, shepard. >> shepard: the president also, wendell, acknowledged the

problems he is facing over health care reform. >> in a question and answer session, the president did admit that some of the horse trading involved in the health care debate extra medicaid money for louisiana and nebraska dubbed the louisiana purchase and the corn husker compromise which were aimed at getting the votes of senators from that state was pretty ugly. >> they are looking out for their constituents a lot of times, but when you put it all together, it starts looking like just this monstrosity. and it makes people fearful. and it makes people afraid. >> the president says he won't give up the fight for health care reform but now that he has lost his 60th vote in the senate, he will have to compromise with republicans and that will be much more difficult than the compromise he actually failed to find between democrats and the house and senate, shepard. >> shepard: our white house correspondent wendell goler live on the north lawn this evening. thank you. good weekend. as the president arrived in ohio, we learned the unemployment rate there rose

again last month up to 10.9%. up from 10.6% the month before. that's according to the u.s. labor department which today released jobless numbers for individual states. no surprise michigan still has the highest unemployment rate. the auto industry there continues to rebuild leaving more than 14% of workers without a job. 15 other states and the district of columbia have double digit unemployment rates above the national average of 10%. you can see the hardest rit regions are still the west, the midwest, and the southeast. to haiti now and word of some international team work to help those in need. the united states military working with a russian air lift company to fly a new aircraft control tower into haiti. the earthquake that hit last week damaged the old tower beyond repair making it tough to coordinate relief flights headed there. at the united states military request the russian charter company brought in one of the world's largest cargo planes to transport a new mobile tower from florida. we are told it should be up in running in haiti within a couple of days. we are also getting new updates from haiti on the hunt for

americans that could be trapped in the rubble. we have a lye report on that. and, in addition, a live look in north phoenix, arizona where emergency crews tell us a house is on the verge of falling into a river. again, live pictures, courtesy of ksaz fox 10 there. the ground has apparently washed away and this incredible rainstorm that's been socking the west coast. a live report on the extreme weather coming up. and just in case you saw it earlier, doggy in the river. update. man and beast. and they are pretty good. walmart's $10 90-day generic prescriptions... don: ...no matter where you live. don: plus get free shipping on over 3,000 other prescriptions. don: call 1-800-2-refill for your free home delivery.

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>> shepard: aid workers in haiti say about 200,000 earthquake refugees as they put it are streaming out of the shattered capital city any way they can. many packing buses and ferries, some walking out of port-au-prince in a desperate effort to escape the devastation and suffering there one woman said she just wants to breathe fresh air again instead of the

stench of death that saturates the city's streets. though those streets also almost to much chaos. [shouting] >> shepard: the scenes on the outskirts of the capital where a mob of people swarmed a food distribution warehouse and fought each other over bags of rice. they are very hungry. even amongst the strife, we are seeing glimmers of hope from haiti. one of them is baby esther. she was born to an earthquake survivor on the u.s. navy's floating hospital ship comfort. medical workers there delivered esther seven weeks premature. she weighs but five pounds but we are told she is perfectly healthy. this earthquake survivor is in pretty rough shape but that's understandable. listen to this. she is 84 years old and was pulled from the rubble today, 10 days after the earthquake. how she lived that long, no one has any clue. her son says he heard her moaning in the rubble of her home and he and other relatives dug with their bare hands for 20

hours. and pulled her free. and then this just in late this afternoon, an israeli team also just found a 22-year-old man in the rubble of another building. they say he is dehydrated but somehow alive. >> very long time. i don't know how he survived. but i don't care. he survived. >> shepard: he did and no one can explain it. as you can see, that sparked some celebrations in the street. and perhaps it also gave a bit of hope to all those across haiti who are still standing vigil by the rubble. and praying that life still exists underneath all that concrete and steel. we have reporters in port-au-prince tonight and on the u.s. military ship off the coast of haiti. let's begin with brian wilson in the capital city. brian, you were at the hotel montana today where searchers are still looking for missing americans, right? >> shep, as you look at these pictures, i don't really think they do the site justice. one of the most difficult things i have ever seen. yes, outside the hotel montana, which has been closed to the press for several days now, they have a list that has 12 american

names on it they really believe that those 12 americans are inside but they are not absolutely sure if there aren't more. in fact, they have really no idea how many people are inside this building which was once the grandest hotel in all of haiti, which is now basically four levels of pancaked rubble. it is a very difficult scene. and the workers have a very grim task at their hands and what you smell in the air there is the smell of death. literally very difficult working situations. the people that know this job very well say it's one of the most difficult tasks they have ever tackled because it's on a mountain top and they can't get the heavy equipment in around it, shep. >> shepard: astounding that 84-year-old woman was able to be pulled out alive today. she is in critical condition in a hospital off the shore. what's priority now? have they redefined the terms of this search? >> well, we talked to some folks from fairfax county, virginia. they are sort of a world renowned rescue team that are

here on the scene. they wanted to punch through to the lobby. i spoke to him briefly today. take a listen: you say you believe that the lobby is where many people may have ended up. >> it's a good possibility that many people ended there because lots of people during disasters move towards the means of egress. we are still operating in a rescue mode and we will until directed differently. >> until they decide differently. so they are going to continue to work. they are not giving up. the fairfax county rescue team, the american 1 team basically does not stay in a country after it turns into a recovery effort. so they are still working there on the scene with the idea that there may be people still inside, shep. >> shepard: let's hope. brian wilson in port-au-prince this evening. brian, thank you. 12 months have come and gone since president obama ordered the closure of the prince camp at guantanamo bay. of course, it's still open and his political base is apparently angrier about it by the day. take a look at the challenges that come with closing that facility and the potential

fallout from missing the deadline next. because it's friday and we could use some good news, the dog rescue from the l.a. river. happened this afternoon in case you missed it update on the man who swooped in to save that dog and we will tell you where our furry friend is now. that's still ahead in a bit on fox report. store-brand ibuprofen, you may save a little money on your arthritis pain relief. but you could end up taking twice as many pills... compared to aleve. choose aleve, it just makes sense. just two aleve have the strength to relieve arthritis pain all day.

>> shepard: one year ago president obama signed an order directing the central intelligence agency to close the prison camp at guantanamo bay. his predecessor had wanted it closed as well, but he set a deadline and that was today. right now the united states is still holding nearly 200 people there. the process of closing the facility actually started well before president obama took office.

the bush administration transferred more than 500 detainees out of that prison camp but only prosecuted a handful of them. and when senator john mccain ran for president he also said yes, the u.s. should close gitmo so of those three it was unanimous. so far we have seen mixed results. a source in the obama administration tells us there are still 196 detainees at guantanamo bay, down from 245 a year ago. a presidential task force reports the government should prosecute 35 of the people remaining there. officials have approved the transfer of about 210 detainees from other countries. we are told around 30 of them are from yemen where al qaeda has clearly established a foot hold. the president says that the united states should not transfer any more detainees back to yemen until the security situation there improves and the task force says the government should continue to hold 47 gitmo detainees indefinitely without any charges and without any trials. now, a year after his order, guantanamo bay has become a political liability for the

president. major garrett reports. >> guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now. >> not exactly. actually, not even close. gitmo stands as the most glaring failure of president obama's first year. especially when you consider the detention center won't close this year either. president bush wanted to close gitmo, too, but could not come up with a date or a plan. now mr. obama's date is gone, and he is still working on a plan. >> one question that that raises, of course, is whether the obama administration is drifting toward a policy very similar to the one that the last president articulated with respect to guantanamo. >> what happened? how could a president so emphatic then be so wrong now? >> one, naivete and two national exsubber rans that they were going to be better and faster. >> mr. obama decision to --

contradicts with members in congress on a new law. >> in our detention system should not be the decision of any one man. >> the president's reversal puts him right where mr. bush was that war powers in afghanistan allow for the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. >> then the administration changed its mind and decided that they are not going to do it because it's too politically difficult. i think they deserve a lot of criticism for that. >> to summarize, president obama wants to close guantanamo but can't say when just like former president bush. he would hold detainee some of them without trial just like president bush. president obama is flattering his predecessor in ways he didn't envision one year ago today. >> shepard: major garrett on the north lawn at the white house. major, thank you. the government is a step closer to putting five suspects in the 9/11 attacks on trial here in new york. the defense department announced the military system has

dismissed charges against the deyabees we are told it's basically a technicality that allows federal prosecutors to put the men on trial in federal court. the charges were dropped without prejudice as they put it that means basically the government could still try the men in a military tribunal if circumstances change. we have a special presentation this weekend as the president begins his second year in office. fox news reporting president obama in his own words. a look back at his campaign, his first year in the white house, the promises he has made, the ones he has been able to keep. we'll report. you decide. saturday and sunday 9:00 eastern, 8:00 central. bret baire hosts here on fox news channel. by now we have all seen the heart wrenching images desperation and around port-au-prince. coming up a first look at another town one that was directly above the earthquake's center. a place where aid has never come. plus, shocking amounts of rain and snow falling across california and the southwest.

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even as help pours into the disaster zone in haiti, many areas outside port-au-prince are still in desperate need. one of those up toes is called petit go ave, a place where very few aid workers have been and absolutely no television crews until today. amy kellogg made that very difficult journey there and back. she joins us live tonight from our enoughly established bureau in port-au-prince. amy, good evening. >> shep, good evening. we know very well that it's been difficult to get aid to the people, the hundreds of thousands in port-au-prince who are hungry, distressed, and thirsty. but outside of port-au-prince, there is a lot of desperation, too. in some ways the situation is more isolating for people. for example, in pettit goave which is 40 miles from the capital but takes two and a half hours to get out there, it was very close to the epicenter of the actual earthquake but it was at the very epicenter of the

second earthquake which was 6.0 that hit on wednesday. people there today said that they didn't see any sort of aid until eight days after the earthquake and even now they are not getting food. they are not getting water. they say they feel extremely cut off and very concerned about their future right now. we met one man who his house had been damaged but he can't go back into it. i asked him what this once very beautiful seaside town had been like. he didn't even have the words to respond. here is what he had to say. >> we have, i don't know, i can't really talk now. a good place, you know. use offed to be a good place and now everything is destroyed. i don't know what to do now. >> the cathedral in town also is very iconic. the cathedral a very iconic building in the ground because haiti, of course, is such a religious country was destroyed

and that has been very emotional for people as well. now, shep, i guess the census beyond wanting food and water and attention, people are saying they want some experts to tell them if they can go back into the homes that are still standing. people left with nothing and they want to go into their homes and see if they can take out a few more items. shep? >> shepard: amy kellogg live tonight in port-au-prince. more from haiti in a few minutes. for the latest on relief efforts go to our web site fox news.com/help haiti. charity providing aid to the victims that's foxfox news.com/p haiti. a fox news whether alert now. a fifth major storm this week moving across the western u.s. and in a lot of places the land cannot handle any more water. to see the results, take a look at this home in cave creek, arizona just north of phoenix. you can see where the water has been carving through the ground and taking out part of the foundation under that home. a phoenix area normally gets a

little less than 8 inches of rain per year. people there have had half of that in the last three days that can produce deadly consequences and this time it has. police in a little town about halfway between phoenix and flagstaff belief a 6-year-old boy is dead after floodwaters literally swept him away. investigators say the boy was sick last night. his parents trying to take him to the hospital in the middle of a storm and away he went. in california, the water has blocked some streets entirely. others barely passable. today the governator said that the weather has left more than 80,000 people without power. then there are mud slides all the waters loosening the ground in some areas causing it to slide on to houses below. the threat of mud slides enough for california authorities to order thousands of families out of their homes. but today the danger may have let up just a bit. casey stegall what about watching it all for us. is he outside los angeles. casey, we hear people getting back into their homes now, yes?

>> mandatory evacuation zones are now allowed to come back in phases. this sort of paints the picture why, shep. i'm standing in what is a huge flood channel and obviously a few days ago this was filled with rushing water and mud and debris from the hillside back up here behind me. and if my photographer can pan over just to the side there, you can see how close for comfort it is to some of the people who live in these neighborhoods and if you live there, it's certainly not good. that's why not everyone is allowed back in tonight. >> shepard: casey stegall live amid the mud slides in southern california. he will keep us updated. thanks. a meteor caught on tape. yeah there are meteors but rarely do you see them on tape now you will as we go across america. montana: surveillance cameras recording a meteor streaking through the sky. it happened just outside billings. as far as we know it never touched the ground. georgia, steven stafford is a

college freshman and he is only 13 years old. ♪ >> aside from playing the piano, stevens says is he a triple major and toot tores kids and fellow students. he says he hopes to finish college over the next three years. here is some of steven's advice. >> don't stop trying because the more you try the easier it becomes. >> shepard: he does play a video game now and then. california, sections of the future san francisco oakland bay bridge arriving from shanghai. a spokesman for the california department of transportation says workers will put the pieces in place soon. this is an animation showing how it will be done. the bridge expected to be finished in about four years. oklahoma, firefighters rescuing a litter of puppies from storm drain in tulsa. one rescuer said the puppies were a surprise. as we catch got to the catch we realized she had her puppies in that hole. they had to dig in from above to

get the little guys. they are all said to be just fine, mom, too. that's a fox watch across america. speaking of doggies in distress. wow. there was a pretty crazy scene on the flooded los angeles river today. did you see this? turns out the dog was a german shepherd and the one you see here somehow ended up in the floodwaters we don't know how. he is wandering along until the rescue crews tried to lure him downstream into the hands of rescuers. fido was having nothing of it humans tried more aggressive tactics. listen to the chopper pilot. >> this guy is coming at him. and perhaps they can get to the edge of the river here. >> shepard: didn't work either. not at all. the dog ended up wandering downstream another ten minutes. this went on another couple of hours. then the dramatic finale. check this out. a helicopter lures the rescue. scared to death the dog. the poor dog starts biting. the shopper pulls him up out of the river. a few moments later the chopper

sets man and dog on a nearby bridge. the update the dog fine, being checked for rabies and animal control. the rescuer had to be hospitalized because the dog, not knowing if this was friend or faux. i mean, come on the wind and the rain and the water bit the man several times on the arm. we're told that eventually the guy will be okay. updates over the weekend and whole story on our web site on fox news.com. more than a week after the earthquake in haiti one member of the u.s. military says getting help to those in need is like fighting infantry. tonight, aid workers finally overcome some of those major hurdles. a live report from haiti on that on the way. plus, conan is in the cube. conan, he is counting down his final hours as host of that tonight show over on that peacock network that seems to be collapsing around itself. he has been making the most of this. we will show you last night's memorable moments and look ahead to tonight's finale. conan in the cube.

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>> shepard: by now you know one of the biggest obstacles to helping the people of haiti is getting the supplies into the country and then dispersed. ships that could carry hundreds of tons of water and food just can't unload at the main port because it just was ruined at the capital of port-au-prince. today a bit of good news. we are told a few ships have been able to make it to the only remaining pier there but unloading them has been painfully slow because of broken equipment and concrete. the u.s. military reports it's trying to patch up that pier but the damage said to be so extensive that nobody will say when large scale shipments into the port will begin. in the meantime, the u.s. military presence in haiti continues to grow. the white house reports another 5,000 troops will be in or near the country by the end of the weekend. that will bring the total of u.s. forces to about 18,000. some of them are on board the "u.s.s bataan" right off the coast of haiti. our jonathan serrie is aboard as

well and joins us live streaming. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, shepard. this ship today dramatically increased the navy's ability to bring large shipment of supplies to the shore. take a look at this video. they have started using amphibious hover craft known as landing craft air cushions to begin ship-to-shore runs complimenting the ongoing helicopter missions of the past several days. they are a significant development because each can carry up to 65 tons. this allows them to bring in extremely heavy items such as trucks, earth movers and other heavy equipment all at the same time. while the immediate task remains getting food, water, and medical care to earthquake victims, navy officials tell us the sustainability of their mission depends on restoring and supporting haiti's infrastructure. things like power, sewage, and drinking water. now, from the get-go, navy officials say they were well aware of the huge scope of this

mission. here's what the commodore of the bataan amphibious readiness group had to say. listen. >> how do you begin to tackle infinity? this is so vast, so enormous, absolutely we are doing everything we can. but we knew that this was a disaster of enormous scale. >> as we speak, the navy has 12 ships and 56 aircraft in the region supporting operations in haiti and even more are on the way. shep? >> shepard: jonathan serrie reporting off the coast of haiti tonight. jonathan, thank you. workers at the u.s. embassy say they are overwhelmed by the number of people trying to get out of the disaster zone. today alone, the embassy says it turned away hundreds of american citizens hoping for a plane ride out of port-au-prince. workers handed out plane passes but told many people to come back later. one group that did get through some six dozen haitian orphans were being adopted by american

couples. they landed early this morning in miami. no word yet on the two we have been following who may be coming to new york state. late night is going to have to find itself a new punch line. conan o'brien short-lived stint host of the tonight show ends tonight. after a two week battle turned a couple of nbc's biggest stars into each other and into the network and was ugly and still is conan spent the week packing his monologues with jokes slamming nbc and executives. he seems to have turned a corner after inking that 45-million-dollar settlement. >> we lucked out. we are lucky people to have this job for ten minutes. [ laughter ] well -- [ laughter ] >> ten minutes would have really sucked. >> but nbc and i have finally reached a separation agreement. [audience booing] >> i knew it was official this morning when nbc dropped off all my cds and picked up lava lamp. tomorrow is our last show here.

[sighs] >> i would like to apologize for the guests that were scheduled next week, president obama, the pope, the queen of england and our good friend elvis presley was stopping by. >> shepard: nbc dropped off all its cds and picked up its lava lamp. that is the line of the day. my last show here, that's wednesday, conan joked that as long as his show is on the air, nbc has to pay for it. so he dressed up the world's most expensive car as a mouse. it's not exactly clear what sort of bill nbc had to foot for that but conan pulled a similar gag last evening. >> we have something even better, by better i mean more expensive. for our new tonight show character that we just bought 2009 kentucky derby winner mind that bird wearing a mink snugy, look what he is doing, he is watching nfl super bowl footage. that's going to cost a pretty penny. [cheers and applause] the price tag for this bit $4.8 million. oh my, jay leno set to take back

the tonight show after the olympics, we are told h will also share his side of the story with all together now, oprah. and will host the white house correspond's dinner in may. that should be fascinating. more than three and a half decades since roe vs. wade became law. today protesters were out in force on the nation's highest court in the nation as they are every year at this time. their messages and who did not show up? that's coming up. 

>> shepard: 37 years ago today the united states supreme court legalized abortion in its landmark roe vs. wade decision and abortion remains one of the most polarizing issues in the

country. today thousands of abortion opponents gathered in washington for annual march for life protest. according to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention in 1990 the abortion rate peeked at 1.3 million per year. then over the next decade it dropped about 22%. from 2000 to 2006, which is the most recent data available, the number of abortions reported each year remained basically unchanged to around 850,000. molly henneberg is live outside the supreme court in washington. molly? >> hi, shep, every january 22nd, since the 1973 supreme court decision in roe vvs. wade pro-lifers have gathered in washington on that day to protest it. today they started on the mall and rallied there. then they walked up past the capitol all with a similar message. take a listen. >> i wanted to take a stand for those who don't have a voice and to tell our leaders that we must value the sanctity of human life from conception until natural death. >> we felt like we needed to support all the folks that every

year endure the difficult decision with abortion and that there really is life in the womb. >> the march ended at the supreme court where women who have had an abortion and now regret it told their stories. some lawmakers spoke earlier at the rally. one house republican leader says he was encouraged by the crowd. >> to be able to stand here on this dark anniversary with tens of thousands of americans i think sends a deafening message from capitol hill to the white house that this is a pro life nation. >> on the other side, pro-choice planned parenthood said it celebrated the roe v. wadz decision today but cautioned, quote, a woman's right to make personal health care decisions is under continuous assault by antichoice organizations and individuals. president obama, who is pro choice, declined an invitation from the group to speak at the group today, and he put out a statement late this evening saying that he continues to support, quote, every woman's fundamental, constitutional

right to choose whether to have an abortion. shep? >> shepard: molly henneberg live at the supreme court. thank you. protests after a military raid kills four people including a 15-year-old boy. top story on a fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. afghanistan: hundreds of protesters blocking roads southwest of kabul. they say they are angry with the government and the united states over the death. allied forces say the raid targeted a taliban commander and that those killed were suspected militants. protesters say they were civilians. italy. authorities starting a campaign to evacuate what's believed to be the largest camp of nomads in all of europe. the idea, clear rome of illegal immigrants. workers moving dozens of families to a mobile home camp about 19 miles outside the city. many of them have reportedly lived at the camp site for 40 years. japan, a company in yoke ham marie leasing new software that

identifies people by scanning facial features. the spokesman says the system can even scan someone who is in motion. he says it eliminates the need to use swipe cards or other forms of identification. the company claims the technology works even if people change makeup or wear glass or hats. china, a new car made of four tons of dark chocolate. it's to promote a new chocolate themed park set to open in beijing later this month. also on display, miniature chocolate models of some of china's most famous tourist attractions including the great wall and the tear -- taracada army. that's a fox trip around the world in 0 seconds. something happened on the internet today for the first time ever. and it involved a bear. it's a bear alert and it's next. ♪

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[growling] >> shepard: yes, fox news bear alert and a cub to boot. our friend lily the black bear gave birth today. thousands have been watching lily's live streaming bear cam. some folks tried to watch today that the site bear.org actually crashed. fear not. we have the vid. [whimpering] >> shepard: new baby bear sounds like baby kids. that high pitched squeal is the sound of a new cub even though we can't really see her, that little burger. who knows, maybe some day it will grow up to learn to jump on the trampoline. [ laughter ] updating some of fox top stories now. the first degree murder trial of a man who confessed to killing a doctor who performed late term abortion getting underway in kansas. rescuers today pulled an 4-year-old woman out of a collapsed home alive, 10 days after the earthquake in haiti.

rescuers also found a 22-year-old man this afternoon. federal reserve chief ben bernanke coming under increased fire this week's win of scott brown. bernanke is up for another term. and on this day in 1912, the florida east coast railway bridge opened connecting the florida keys to the main land for the first time. 128 miles it was. initially used from trains travelling to and from key west. it stayed that way for 25 years until the rail closed down and the state paved the bridge for automobiles. over the years sections of that brimg come and gone. some replaced, others destroyed. these days the overseas highway is one of the most scenic. the 7-mile bridge section is still one of the largest spans on earth. the keys were no longer a bridge too far 98 years ago today. and now you know the news for this friday, january 22nd. have a great weekend. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on.